Red Lion Controls N-Tron 700 Series Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

published 2026-10-09 30 d ago modified 2026-10-11 28 d ago also EUVD-2026-95811

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Usernames and passwords, including the default credentials, are stored in the configuration file using weak encryption. If the default credentials are known by a malicious user, they could obtain other credentials on the system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Red Lion Controls 700 Series 3.11.1, Bootloader Versions 2.0.6.1, Firmware Versions 3.11.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-281-01 updated 2026-10-15 cvss 7.5

Red Lion Controls N-Tron 700 Series - Update A

Red Lion Controls 700 Series <=Firmware_3.11.0, <=Bootloader_2.0.6.1
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “The upgrade procedure document can be found at https://www.hms-networks.com/.” hms-networks.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 28 d ago (2026-10-11)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Red Lion Controls 700 Series

Classification

Weakness

CWE-257 Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-28745
NVD CVE-2026-28745

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Summary